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How do you approach the nodal treatment of vaginal cancer using IMRT or more specifically in what situations do you modify elective nodal coverage?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The nodal target volume should reflect the distribution of disease in vagina and paravaginal tissues. All vaginal cancers generally require treatment of at least the internal and external iliac nodes. For apical cancers, the presacral nodes may be included. Cancers that involve the distal vagina (ne...

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